Representative Speaks, Tournament Could Draw Dollars, Cyber Awareness and More

Politics, public services and a potential financial draw for Paulding were among the highlights of the week that was.

The Georgia Military Softball Championships will be held in Dallas June 17-19, and organizers say the event could bring to the county $1 million in business. .

State Rep. Howard Maxwell, R-Dallas, spoke at the Paulding Business Association's May meeting. We shot video of Maxwell’s talk (which we published Saturday), focused on the topics of the Sunday alcohol sales issue, the HOPE Scholarship, how reapportionment could impact Paulding's presence in the Legislature and more.

The Crossroads Public Library in the Paulding portion of Acworth opened Monday. In case you haven’t been in the new facility, you can get a virtual look at it by checking out prior to the library’s grand opening.

Tuesday was National Cyber Awareness Day—a day to focus on the dangers associated with and more. It was on that day that we brought you video highlights of the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office’s third-annual . See what Det. Lenny Carr of the Paulding County Sheriff's Office's and Terence Caston of mywirelesslife.org had to say.

With warm weather finally upon us, ‘tis the season for farmers markets. We took our camera to Tuesday’s offering in Hiram and got some .

North Paulding High School’s Caleb Swiney was Dallas-Hiram Patch’s Whiz Kid of the week— and how you can nominate a student to possibly become our next recognized Whiz Kid.

We hope you’re enjoying Patch in Dallas and Hiram, or in any metro Atlanta community where it is taking root, but we thought you’d like to know that Patch is spreading to three other states—South Carolina, Iowa and New Hampshire. .

That’s it for this recap of the past week. Hope you’ll keep reading!